// Copyright 2012 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 or the MIT license // , at your // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed // except according to those terms. /*! Miscellaneous helpers for common patterns. */ use prelude::*; /// The identity function. #[inline(always)] pub fn id(x: T) -> T { x } /// Ignores a value. #[inline(always)] pub fn ignore(_x: T) { } /// Sets `*ptr` to `new_value`, invokes `op()`, and then restores the /// original value of `*ptr`. #[inline(always)] pub fn with( ptr: &mut T, new_value: T, op: &fn() -> R) -> R { // NDM: if swap operator were defined somewhat differently, // we wouldn't need to copy... let old_value = *ptr; *ptr = new_value; let result = op(); *ptr = old_value; return result; } /** * Swap the values at two mutable locations of the same type, without * deinitialising or copying either one. */ #[inline(always)] pub fn swap(x: &mut T, y: &mut T) { *x <-> *y; } /** * Replace the value at a mutable location with a new one, returning the old * value, without deinitialising or copying either one. */ #[inline(always)] pub fn replace(dest: &mut T, src: T) -> T { let mut tmp = src; swap(dest, &mut tmp); tmp } /// A non-copyable dummy type. pub struct NonCopyable { i: (), } impl Drop for NonCopyable { fn finalize(&self) { } } pub fn NonCopyable() -> NonCopyable { NonCopyable { i: () } } /** A utility function for indicating unreachable code. It will fail if executed. This is occasionally useful to put after loops that never terminate normally, but instead directly return from a function. # Example ~~~ fn choose_weighted_item(v: &[Item]) -> Item { assert!(!v.is_empty()); let mut so_far = 0u; for v.each |item| { so_far += item.weight; if so_far > 100 { return item; } } // The above loop always returns, so we must hint to the // type checker that it isn't possible to get down here util::unreachable(); } ~~~ */ pub fn unreachable() -> ! { fail!(~"internal error: entered unreachable code"); } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use option::{None, Some}; use util::{NonCopyable, id, replace, swap}; #[test] pub fn identity_crisis() { // Writing a test for the identity function. How did it come to this? let x = ~[(5, false)]; //FIXME #3387 assert!(x.eq(id(copy x))); let y = copy x; assert!(x.eq(&id(y))); } #[test] pub fn test_swap() { let mut x = 31337; let mut y = 42; swap(&mut x, &mut y); assert!(x == 42); assert!(y == 31337); } #[test] pub fn test_replace() { let mut x = Some(NonCopyable()); let y = replace(&mut x, None); assert!(x.is_none()); assert!(y.is_some()); } }